Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Pharmaceutical benefit entitlement source

METeOR identifier:

605239

Registration status:

Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 17/12/2015

Definition:

The Government assistance programme under which the patient for whom the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) item is prescribed is eligible to receive benefits associated with the PBS, as represented by a code.

This includes benefits associated with programmes related to but not strictly part of the PBS, e.g. the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS), and other schemes subsidised under the National Health Act 1953 (Cwth), e.g. the Stoma Appliance Scheme (SAS).